| Issue ID | 1683957 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11350414 |
| Manufacurer | Forest River, Inc. |
| Brand | FOREST RIVER |
| Model | VENGEANCE |
| Model Year | 2019 |
| File date | 17/08/20 |
| Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Upon returning from a camping trip in our 3 month old trailer. I noticed the smell of burning plastic. I opened the compartment for the battery and the wiring was on fire. I disconnected the wire and that was on fire (and extinguished the fire) and followed it to the front pin box of the trailer where i found a auto reset breaker that was not installed properly (not secured in a metal grounded box) and was shorting to ground. This is what caused the wiring to catch fire. This wire was the charge circuit coming from the vehicle and was tied directly to the trailers battery. This caused the wire to receive power from the trailers battery's and with the lug of the circuit breaker shorted to ground it burned all the plastic off the wire and caused the other plastic loom and wires to catch fire. If i had not found this while it was happening it would have burned my trailer to the ground and possible caused loss of life. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 1500 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | DRAPER, UT |
| VIN pattern | 5ZT3VG4F9K6XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | Y |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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